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Easy-off bam
Posted By:
Nettie
in Perth, Western Australia
Apr 15, 2005
 I am really annoyed because I can't find a site that has the ad for this cleaning product. The results of a google search gave me the option of 2 sites (I know! Only 2!) and only one was actually for Easy-off Bam. The thing is, the ad is absolutely hilarious. Smerk is probably the only person who may have seen it. When I first saw it, I thought it had to be a joke. It's poor quality, has a guy with a over-the-top-advertising voice and has phrases like 'it's a breeze with Easy-off Bam!' and 'Easy-off Bam makes quick work of any mess'. And let's face it, with a name like Easy-off Bam, it's hard to take it seriously. The product does exist because I've seen in in the shops with a ridiculous price tag of around $8 but I just wish you guys could see the ad.
I'll keep looking but if anyone else comes across it, let me know.
Category: Advertising; Replies: 58

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Nick
in Merrie Olde Englande
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 | 10:55 AM
there is a cleaning product just gone on sale here, by the very odd name of cillit bang. connection?
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 | 11:05 AM
I could find Easy Off Bam Trigger at Walgreens' site but most of the sites that would potentially have a commercial are blocked from work.
Belinda
in NSW
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 | 07:40 PM
I have bought the product for $5 and it works great. I have seen the ad on TV and you are right its faily corny but it got me sucked in but i'm glad because it works a treat.
Katherine
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 01:07 AM
Okay, that's it, I'm officially moving to Australia now so I can get me some Easy-off Bam. And maybe some of those Tim-Tams that everyone's always going on about...

smile
Smerk
in to mischief
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 01:21 AM
Mmmmm....Tim Tams....Actually, people in the UK have the Tim Tam biscuit, but they call them Penguins. (My bit of useless trivia for the day) smile

Sorry Nettie, I don't watch a lot of commercial TV, (or when I do, I usually head out of the room when the ads are on) so I've not seen any ads for Easy off Bam.
Deediddums
in Dublin
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 03:15 AM
You mean we had Tim Tams all along! Humph! There I was wondering what these exotic biscuits were like and I apparently I had gotten them in my lunchbox everyday most of my years in school...go figure.
Smerk
in to mischief
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 03:18 AM
Surprising, isn't it?

The only reason I found out was when my cousins from the UK brought some with them when they visited us one time. My mum used to rave about penguins, and was so happy when the cousins brought them. I looked at them and asked what the fuss was - they're tim tams!
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 03:41 AM
Nick, cillit bang was my first thought too...

The advert is funny. They keep repeating the words cillit bang, but put a lot of emphasis on the 'bang' part:

'So try new cillit BANG, guaranteed to blah blah blah cillit BANG!'
Sharruma
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 03:57 AM
Penguins aren't quite Tim Tams wink

http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/previous.php3?item=47
Smerk
in to mischief
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 04:02 AM
I love the last comment! "If you've tried neither, you're probably american" LOL

Okay, I stand corrected. Thanks, Sharruma.
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 04:07 AM
I love that website...
Deediddums
in Dublin
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 04:35 AM
Fascinating - just spent the past 10 minutes perusing the biscuity goodness, then realised I had made myself dangerously hungry with no biscuits to hand...Dammit! Glad to see the Irish Jacobs Mikado got a good write up - love those things!
But to go back on topic wink my mum has a catalogue of industrial cleaning products at home that features "Easy Off Bam" AND "Cillit Bang" aaaaah mum bless your OCD making our home a crazily clean place!
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 05:39 AM
Dear Nicey
I read with interest in the Sunday papers recently of a young lady who beat off a knife-wielding attacker with no more that a pack of biscuits.
The biscuits, alas, remain unidentified; however much tea-break speculation has prompted discussions as to the most effective biscuit to wield in the face of danger. We cannot decide between something with a high density to volume ratio such as a Ginger Nut with which to deliver a sharp cautionary blow, or something soft and forgiving that might absorb an impact (perhaps a Tunnock's Tea cake or better still a pack of Wagon Wheels).
We would welcome your views on this important matter.
Regards
Chris, David and Steve
Nicey replies: Very interesting. I think I would go along with you on the Gingernuts for packet combat. For individual biscuit defense I would be lobbing Thin Arrowroots at my adversary.
LOL
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 06:00 AM
Mmm...Biscuits...You mean cookies?? I like the ones with peanut butter or nuts!

There's Easy-off here that's an oven cleaner, but it doesn't bam. It sprays like an aerosol.
Winona
in USA
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 11:06 AM
A man who had problems with premature ejaculation went to a sex shop for a remedy. The clerk handed him a little yellow can and said, "This is Stay-Hard Spray; put on a little and you can go all night!" Delighted, the guy took it home, stowed it on the cellar shelf, and waited eagerly for bedtime, when he sprayed some on his dick and went upstairs to his wife. But it seemed to make
him come quicker than ever. The next day he returned to the sex shop, slammed the can down on the counter, and snapped, "This stuff makes me worse than before!"

Reading the label, the clerk asked, "Did you hide this stuff on the cellar shelf?" "Yeah, so?" said the disgruntled customer. "You must have grabbed the wrong can. This is Easy-Off."
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 02:23 PM
Heh.
Smerk
in to mischief
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 07:52 PM
I was beginning to wonder if that was going to be an off topic post, Winona! Then I read the punchline...LOL
Gigglyred
in Sydney, Australia
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 | 08:34 PM
Now be kind about "Bam Man" - I actually went on a few dates with "Bam Man" about 10 years ago! Ha ha ha - that's not to say the ad didn't enter the realm of cheeseball - from the flood of phonecalls I got - I'd say yes - perhaps it was a tad overdone - but then..."Bam Man" is the kind of guy who would have realised that immediately..and hammed it up. Go easy - ha ha ha..despite the fact he's promoting caustic garbage - he's actually a nice guy who just happens to be afflicted with a Mix 106.5 radio voice! Ha ha ha. tongue wink
Joe
in NJ, USA
Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 | 11:03 AM
Easy-Off Bam can be found here: www.teebop.com
Joe
Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 | 11:05 AM
Sory the link is above regarding Easy -Off Bam is messed up... this is the address: www.TeeBop.com
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